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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Just caught this:

What makes Lackey, 35, appealing is that a clause in his contract calls for him to make only $500K next season. It's been reported that Lackey plans to honor that and not seek a new deal.

Holy sh*%, that's pretty amazing. Weird that Lackey and his agent agreed to that deal, but it's kind of refreshing.

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ORIGINAL: lylej

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Just caught this:

What makes Lackey, 35, appealing is that a clause in his contract calls for him to make only $500K next season. It's been reported that Lackey plans to honor that and not seek a new deal.

Holy sh*%, that's pretty amazing. Weird that Lackey and his agent agreed to that deal, but it's kind of refreshing.

Really??

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ORIGINAL: Stacey King

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ORIGINAL: lylej

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Just caught this:

What makes Lackey, 35, appealing is that a clause in his contract calls for him to make only $500K next season. It's been reported that Lackey plans to honor that and not seek a new deal.

Holy sh*%, that's pretty amazing. Weird that Lackey and his agent agreed to that deal, but it's kind of refreshing.

Really??

from his deal:

2015 club option at Major League minimum salary if Lackey misses significant time with surgery for pre-existing elbow injury in 2010-14

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: Stacey King

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ORIGINAL: lylej

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Just caught this:

What makes Lackey, 35, appealing is that a clause in his contract calls for him to make only $500K next season. It's been reported that Lackey plans to honor that and not seek a new deal.

Holy sh*%, that's pretty amazing. Weird that Lackey and his agent agreed to that deal, but it's kind of refreshing.

Really??

from his deal:

2015 club option at Major League minimum salary if Lackey misses significant time with surgery for pre-existing elbow injury in 2010-14

Smart contract by the Red Sox.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Love seeing guys come out of nowhere like that.
Cool stuff ewen.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Lester wins his first appearance for Oakland.
Lots of excitement in some of these places
Damn it would be nice to be a relevant team sometime again, before most of us die ....

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ORIGINAL: ewen21

Jacob deGrom. It's time to start talking about this kid.

I have not been to a Mets game in years, but I think I will just to see this kid pitch. Too bad I was out last night and not paying attention otherwise I would have gotten in front of a TV for a bit:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/jacob-degrom-baffles-giants-takes-no-hit-bid-7th-4-2-victory-giants-article-1.1889953
This kid has been pretty much lights out all summer. My friend who is a big Mets fan started talking him up a couple of months ago saying the kid has a little Mark Fydrich in him. I don't see him as being that eccentric but the comparison is kind of fair.

He started off 0-4 and got zero run support. He is now 6-5 and has not given up more than 3 earned runs in eight straight starts. In fact, he gave up 3 earned runs in a game against ATL on July 2nd. Every start since then he's gotten to the 7th inning and he's given up no more than 2 runs in any of those game. One other neat thing about him is he can hit. I have barely seen him pitch at all. That is going to change:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/32796/jacob-degrom

This kid was pretty much under the radar. Mets fans have been talking about Harvey, Wheeler, Syndergaard and others. Never heard peep about this kid until he came up and he's just exploded. I am so jealous of the Mets pitching now. They have a ridiculous number of young arms.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: ewen21

Jacob deGrom. It's time to start talking about this kid.

I have not been to a Mets game in years, but I think I will just to see this kid pitch. Too bad I was out last night and not paying attention otherwise I would have gotten in front of a TV for a bit:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/jacob-degrom-baffles-giants-takes-no-hit-bid-7th-4-2-victory-giants-article-1.1889953
This kid has been pretty much lights out all summer. My friend who is a big Mets fan started talking him up a couple of months ago saying the kid has a little Mark Fydrich in him. I don't see him as being that eccentric but the comparison is kind of fair.

He started off 0-4 and got zero run support. He is now 6-5 and has not given up more than 3 earned runs in eight straight starts. In fact, he gave up 3 earned runs in a game against ATL on July 2nd. Every start since then he's gotten to the 7th inning and he's given up no more than 2 runs in any of those game. One other neat thing about him is he can hit. I have barely seen him pitch at all. That is going to change:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/32796/jacob-degrom

This kid was pretty much under the radar. Mets fans have been talking about Harvey, Wheeler, Syndergaard and others. Never heard peep about this kid until he came up and he's just exploded. I am so jealous of the Mets pitching now. They have a ridiculous number of young arms.

Speaking of the Mets, ewen, I just saw something on MLB Network that bothered me. They peeked in on the Mets dugout as they were getting ready for their game today. David Wright was going up and down the Mets dugout giving hugs and high fives to all his teammates. You could tell these guys cared...they were getting pumped up for today's contest, having fun and definitely aiming for a win. The Mets are playing for nothing, just like the Twins are playing for nothing. Why isn't anything like that ever seen in the Twins dugout? It's like a freakin' morgue in there. Is it Gardenhire? I don't know what it is, but there's absolutely no fire in this organization anymore. Nobody gives a crap and it seems like none of these Twins players even get along. Mackey noted the other day that the Twins players have nothing to do with one another in the clubhouse, they're all just plugged into their own little world with headphones and smartphones. Just once I'd like to see a scene in the Twins dugout prior to a meaningless game like I just saw from the Mets.

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ORIGINAL: Steve Lentz

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: ewen21

Jacob deGrom. It's time to start talking about this kid.

I have not been to a Mets game in years, but I think I will just to see this kid pitch. Too bad I was out last night and not paying attention otherwise I would have gotten in front of a TV for a bit:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/jacob-degrom-baffles-giants-takes-no-hit-bid-7th-4-2-victory-giants-article-1.1889953
This kid has been pretty much lights out all summer. My friend who is a big Mets fan started talking him up a couple of months ago saying the kid has a little Mark Fydrich in him. I don't see him as being that eccentric but the comparison is kind of fair.

He started off 0-4 and got zero run support. He is now 6-5 and has not given up more than 3 earned runs in eight straight starts. In fact, he gave up 3 earned runs in a game against ATL on July 2nd. Every start since then he's gotten to the 7th inning and he's given up no more than 2 runs in any of those game. One other neat thing about him is he can hit. I have barely seen him pitch at all. That is going to change:
http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/32796/jacob-degrom

This kid was pretty much under the radar. Mets fans have been talking about Harvey, Wheeler, Syndergaard and others. Never heard peep about this kid until he came up and he's just exploded. I am so jealous of the Mets pitching now. They have a ridiculous number of young arms.

Speaking of the Mets, ewen, I just saw something on MLB Network that bothered me. They peeked in on the Mets dugout as they were getting ready for their game today. David Wright was going up and down the Mets dugout giving hugs and high fives to all his teammates. You could tell these guys cared...they were getting pumped up for today's contest, having fun and definitely aiming for a win. The Mets are playing for nothing, just like the Twins are playing for nothing. Why isn't anything like that ever seen in the Twins dugout? It's like a freakin' morgue in there. Is it Gardenhire? I don't know what it is, but there's absolutely no fire in this organization anymore. Nobody gives a crap and it seems like none of these Twins players even get along. Mackey noted the other day that the Twins players have nothing to do with one another in the clubhouse, they're all just plugged into their own little world with headphones and smartphones. Just once I'd like to see a scene in the Twins dugout prior to a meaningless game like I just saw from the Mets.

Arcia always seems to be joking and cheering everybody. He just hates himself right now.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Not sure if anyone's mentioned it yet but, battling injuries, Miggy has really tailed off this year. .903 OPS whereas the last several (4) years he's had 1.000+. He hasn't even been the best Tiger this year, which has been Victor Martinez at an OPS of .949. Obviously a .903 OPS is still great, but the decline is coming.

I've always been Miggy's biggest fan and cried for him as a Twin on here for years as the "one that got away" but man, that contract is going to look really really horrible for the Tigers in 2-3 years. Much less 8 years from now. But the owner won't care because he knows he'll be dead by then.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

Detroit is a Top 10 city in the US.